tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37421406.post8243695261454913907..comments2023-09-30T08:20:57.971-04:00Comments on Bradley Wright's Blog: The first review of my bookBrad Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800309833079635465noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37421406.post-41232090984490239932010-06-02T17:49:47.676-04:002010-06-02T17:49:47.676-04:00Brad,
Congrats on the book!
But how do you def...Brad, <br /><br />Congrats on the book! <br /><br />But how do you define "committed" Christian? Snake handling Christians are pretty committed. So are many weird Pentecostal sects. So are Catholic priests and nuns, Buddhists priests and nuns, etc. Some Evangelical televangelists, exorcists, miracle mongers, and health and wealth Gospelers seems a bit "over-committed." <br /><br />Did you take into account other ways of looking at the data? What other groups besides "committed" Christians score highly in various traits?<br /><br />Don't certain Eastern European countries score highly in many healthy traits, but score lower in terms of religious "commitment?" <br /><br />Do you think it's valuable to society that so many committed Evangelicals remain stuck on "creationism?"<br /><br />Not to mention the fact that many scholars committed to the search for knowledge and at the top of their fields at the most prestigious institutions in the world don't seem to think there' anything to "creationism" and "inerrancy," two Evangelical shibboleths among others. <br /><br />Maybe Evangelicalism will change on those subjects, some change is already taking place concerning how an Evangelical may interpret Genesis 1 (see the BIOLOGOS website), and how an Evangelical regards such things as homosexuality, even inerrancy. <br /><br />But if Evangelicalism does change will it still be Evangelicalism? Certain shibboleths tend to define certain groups. Evangelicals hate to admit for instance that the Catholics may have been "right" in accepting "evilution."Edwardtbabinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036816926421936940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37421406.post-32634830994655497452010-05-21T10:39:57.005-04:002010-05-21T10:39:57.005-04:00I look forward to reading it as well as the follow...I look forward to reading it as well as the follow-up book on the sociological implications of Pirates as role models.Sidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17503307945024260052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37421406.post-40669979155768364452010-05-19T21:33:07.795-04:002010-05-19T21:33:07.795-04:00Re: the pirates. I disagree. Everyone's writin...Re: the pirates. I disagree. Everyone's writing about pirates these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37421406.post-36093440767292425782010-05-19T11:58:27.722-04:002010-05-19T11:58:27.722-04:00That was a comment made by a high school friend. ...That was a comment made by a high school friend. :-)Brad Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800309833079635465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37421406.post-77749911393311668472010-05-19T11:28:14.656-04:002010-05-19T11:28:14.656-04:00Excellent news!
And the last sentence is a thing ...Excellent news!<br /><br />And the last sentence is a thing of beauty.Glen Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768891200880446593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37421406.post-28813435046166778702010-05-19T11:16:03.012-04:002010-05-19T11:16:03.012-04:00Thanks, Andy.Thanks, Andy.Brad Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800309833079635465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37421406.post-52138250227055980302010-05-19T09:12:32.402-04:002010-05-19T09:12:32.402-04:00Congrats, Brad. It sounds great.
AndyCongrats, Brad. It sounds great. <br /><br />AndyAndy Rowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15317283478472718864noreply@blogger.com